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Fire Controlman 2nd Class Anthony Ferretti performs maintenance on a close-in weapon system for a live-fire exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke. According to the official history documented by the U.S. Navy, the fire controlman rating was established in 1941, when it was split off from the gunner's mate rating. It was ...
Fire Controlman: FC Conventional Non-Conventional (Aegis) FC FCA Fire Controlmen (FC's) maintain the control mechanism used in weapons systems on combat ships. Complex electronic, electrical and hydraulic equipment is required to ensure the accuracy of Navy guided-missile and surface gunfire-control systems.
A chief damage controlman and master chief damage controlman demonstrating how to apply a box patch to a ruptured bulkhead at the Yokosuka Fire Fighting and Damage Control Training Facility. People who are in the damage controlman (DC) rating are the Navy's and Coast Guard’s maintenance and emergency repair specialists.
A Navy fire controlman plays a critical role in a ship’s weapon systems, operating the radars, fire control systems, and computer systems that control the weaponry.
Fire control technician (abbreviated as FT) is a United States Navy occupational rating. Fire control technicians perform organizational and intermediate level maintenance on United States Navy submarines combat control systems and equipment, and associated test equipment including tactical computer systems and peripherals.
William F. Gusie was a 19-year-old Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7, 1941, when the ship was torpedoed and sunk, killing 429 sailors and marines.
Thus, a master chief petty officer with the rating of fire controlman would properly be called a master chief fire controlman. Each rating has an official abbreviation, such as FC for fire controlman, FT for fire control technician, and STS for sonar technician, submarines. When combined with the rate abbreviation (MC for master chief without ...
The United States Navy and United States Coast Guard occupational rating of gunner's mate (GM) is a designation given by the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) to enlisted sailors who either satisfactorily complete initial Gunner's Mate "A" school training, or who "strike" for the rating by showing competence in the field of ordnance.